Beware pirates and booby traps in new Skeleton Crew trailer

[Karlston]

The Goonies-inspired Star Wars spinoff series set in same timeframe as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.

Jude Law stars as Force-user Jod Na Nawood in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

 

It's no secret that the new spinoff series, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, was inspired by the 1985 film The Goonies. Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy (who co-produced The Goonies) has publicly confirmed as much. The latest trailer really leans into that influence: The series feels like something not created specifically for kids, but rather telling a story that just happens to be about kids going on an adventure.

 

As previously reported, the eight-episode standalone series is set in the same timeframe as The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. Per the official premise:

 

Skeleton Crew follows the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy, crossing paths with the likes of Jod Na Nawood, the mysterious character played by [Jude] Law. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.

Jude Law leads the cast as the quick-witted and charming (per Law) "Force-user" Jod Na Nawood. Ravi Cabot-Conyers plays Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong plays Fern, Kyriana Kratter plays KB, and Robert Timothy Smith plays Neil. Nick Frost will voice a droid named SM 33, the first mate of a spaceship called the Onyx Cylinder. The cast also includes Fred Tatasciore as Brutus, Jaleel White as Gunther, Mike Estes as Pax, Marti Matulis as Vane, and Dale Soules as Chaelt. Tunde Adebimpe and Kerry Condon will appear in as-yet-undisclosed roles.

 

The first trailer dropped in August at Disney's annual D23 Expo. It featured our young protagonists at school, preparing to take a test that will set the course of their respective futures. But they are bored with the daily routine and long to do something more exciting. Naturally they find a mysterious "lost Jedi temple" buried in the woods and soon find themselves rocketing away on a spaceship—and getting lost.

 

We don't learn much more than that in this latest trailer—set to a cover of "Major Tom" with lyrics in an alien Star Wars tongue—but we do get a stronger sense of the overall vibe of the series. The trailer opens with Wim and Fern meeting in detention. She's there for what appears to be joyriding on flying scooters; he's there for wandering off and finding something buried in the woods—behavior his father deems "unacceptable." But Fern, Wim, and their friends beg to differ and decide to explore further and become lost in space.

 

They end up asking for directions in a very Star Wars waystation packed with the usual strange creatures, but they get into trouble when they try to pay for food with Old Republic credits. Nawood comes to their rescue and promises to get them home, although with Neel piloting, that might prove a bit dicey. They encounter a crew of murderous pirates, booby traps, and "mountains where none dare to go." And they might even succeed in getting home.... if they don't give up.

 

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on Disney+ on December 3, 2024.

 

Credit: Disney+

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